Hillary's Speech Money Is A Problem

Columnist Kathleen Parker criticizes those who bring up the issue of excessive speaker's fees paid to Hillary Clinton [Feb. 7, "Fuss Over Clinton's Paid Speeches Overblown"]. She doesn't get what is wrong about such payments.

One doesn't have to be a socialist to decry such outrageous amounts paid for an hour's worth of packaged pabulum. It should be obvious to anyone that the money is meant to buy influence with her if she is elected president. And the law of proportions says, the more money, the more influence. This is how an oligarchy works. But it's certainly not characteristic of a real democracy.